Harmony mandolin model?

**Paul Hostetter** · Feb-23-2010, 2:25pm

Originally Posted by STEViE Simpson

A good friend of mine made me a sporran to go with my plaid an' carved my mando onto it...

My wife, a Petrie from Orkney (sept of MacGregor), approves.

**STEViE Simpson** · Feb-23-2010, 5:27pm

Originally Posted by 8ch(pl)

Hope you're wearing Fraser Tartan, since Simpson is a sept of Clan Fraser.

Indeed for most occasions, apart from a cheap kilt which is just a party kilt for when I'm travellin' places on the bike....

an' just to keep this mandolin orientated here's one from my travels.... Kaunas. Lithuania. The tag on the album reads '96, that should have read '06. An' sort of off the back of that trip on the bike I played a festival there last summer an' returned at the back end of January this year.

CHEERS !!

**TheMandoKit** · Feb-23-2010, 10:35pm

Mine is from the early 1970's. Stamped "8823H8017" and "S-72-<something maybe a W?>" Also "Made in U.S.A."

A little embarrassed to say that I am the original owner. But, it was given to me as a gift from my parents, so it has sentimental value, too. Honestly, it's not a bad sounding mandolin. Got me through college, and then I got away from the mandolin for a while. It's been through a lot in its nearly 40 years on the planet. Could use some fret work, but I hate to sink money into it.

**MikeEdgerton** · Feb-23-2010, 10:59pm

It was made in 1972, I have one just like it. My bridge has a little bow in it.

**Big Joe** · Feb-25-2010, 10:35pm

We sold ours today. I kind of miss it already. It certainly sounded and played very well. It was one of the better "cheapies" I've seen in a long time.

**Phil Goodson** · Mar-02-2010, 12:17am

Yeah Joe. I got home with it okay. It still sounds pretty good. Thanks for the pleasant visit.

From the above discussions, I haven't been able to figure out the numbers inside.

4451H417 UV-S2S

I understand the first set: 417 style.

The UV-S2S is inside an oval. Any ideas on what this indicates?

**MikeEdgerton** · Mar-02-2010, 8:46am

The number insdie the oval is a date code but are you sure about the numbers/letters? Can you post a picture of the mandolin as well?

**Phil Goodson** · Mar-03-2010, 9:07pm

Here are some pix.

**Spencer** · Mar-04-2010, 3:34am

What models had the "stencil" F-holes? This is mine that I bought new in 1976, I assume one of the last made since they closed in 1975. In the catalog in post #4, it looks like the left hand model has the "stencil" type and the one on the right has normal F-holes.

Spencer